pope benedict went in, though, as a fave. i think it's generally felt here there isn't a strong favorite. so the longer this goes on, the less likely to be him, but less likely to be one of the two americans, cardinal dolan and cardinal o'malley, in addition to ouellet of canada. i was speaking about that possibility, are we moving into the territory where they might be moving a earp from a more expected candidate. he didn't try to disabuse me of the notion. in the meantime dennis rodman came and went, but it looked to me to be thousands of people. one person we have seen with a flag that we think is from chad, there is no cardinal from chad, who's been out there in the cold and rain all day long. literally thousands of people staring as a smokestack waiting to see whether it will be plaque or white. i think they're probably in the process of the first afternoon vote. if we don't see anything soon, they may be moving interest the second vote. if it's inconclusive the first time, we won't see smoke until after two votes, and t